A new ruling in the Supreme Court has confirmed an equal duty of care is expected from clerical staff as medical staff in the Accident and Emergency (A&E) department, following a Claimant suffering long-term brain damage as a result of misleading information....

The settlement of a personal injury claims can be a complex process.
As well as analysis of medical evidence produced for both sides it is important that all heads of claim are taken into account.
These may involve losses incurred before settlement as well as assessment of future losses such as earnings, care required in the future, or an assessment of to what extent the injured person’s capacity on the open labour market to earn their living has been prejudiced....

The government has accepted the use of vaginal mesh implants to treat complications after childbirth should be stopped immediately to prevent further risk of “life-changing and life-threatening injuries” to women....

Sometimes when buyers purchase a flat or house, it is a leasehold property. This means that the ground it is built on is not included in the sale and is owned by what is called the freeholder. This makes the buyer a leaseholder, and they are essentially a tenant of the freeholder with a very long-term tenancy agreement...

The ‘pothole epidemic’ in the UK is posing an increasing risk to motorists and cyclists alike, so we’ve rounded up useful information to enable you to report them, what to do if you hit one and how we can help....

The BBC have revealed that A&E waiting times in England have reached their highest levels ever.
The analysis also identified the worst A&E units for individual waits.
According to the report, hospitals are meant to see 95% of patients in four hours. This recent difficult winter has seen the NHS record its worst ever annual performance since records began in 2004, with 88.4%....

Thousands of UK ambulances are being prevented from responding to urgent and life-threatening 999 calls as they are tied up at A&E units, breaching NHS patient safety rules.
In a report by the Guardian, it is stated that almost 600,000 ambulances face delays of over 15 minutes in their crews handing over patients to A&E units, something NHS rules say should never happen....